Foreign Minister Szijjártó’s Remarks on Trade Unions Stir Controversy The foreign minister's remarks made at the meeting of Hungarian ambassadors, seem to be unlawful, a trade union leader claims.... 2020.08.27.
Postal Workers Finally Get Pay Raise Without EU ‘Consent’ On Thursday, the management and unions of state-owned postal company Magyar Posta reached an agreement on remuneration that will raise... 2020.08.07.
Opposition Complains Mayors, Union Leaders Not given Chance to Speak at Budget Cttee Meeting Parliamentary opposition groups have issued a joint protest over the blocking of invited mayors and trade union leaders from commenting... 2020.06.17.
Worker’s Unions, Opposition Fear Latest Bill Amending Labor Code to Become ‘Slave Law 2.0’ A new revision to Hungary's Labor Code would allow employers to set the maximum duration of cumulative working time (or... 2020.06.10.
Unions Outraged as Government Makes Working Timeframe More Flexible for Companies In a decree issued on Good Friday, the government modified the overtime bill without prior consultation, and made it possible... 2020.04.14.
Audi Hungaria: Three-year Wage Deal Agreement between Management and Unions The management of German car maker Audi's plant in north-western Hungary's Győr signed a three-year wage agreement with union leaders... 2020.03.19.
New Budapest Coordination Council Főét Founded A new municipal interest coordination council (Főét) held its founding session on Tuesday. The three-party body comprises representatives of five... 2020.02.12.
Mátrai Coal-fired Power Plant Transformation to be Overseen by Gov’t and Unions The innovation and technology ministry on Monday said it has reached an agreement with union representatives on setting up a... 2020.02.04.
Minimum Wage to Rise 8 pc Next Year, as Agreed Earlier The minimum wages for both skilled and unskilled workers will rise by 8 percent next year, in line with an... 2019.12.30.
Higher than Agreed Minimum Wage Rise Unlikely In spite of efforts by unions to renegotiate an earlier agreement on the scale of minimum wage rises for next... 2019.12.19.
Trade Unions: Employers Rarely ‘Use’ Overtime Bill’s Benefits Besides certain, rather rare cases, application of the much-debated overtime bill, a.k.a. the "slave law," has not at all become... 2019.12.16.
Socialists Speak out for Hungarian Suzuki Factory Workers The opposition Socialist Party (MSZP) has penned a letter to the president of Japanese automaker Suzuki with the aim of... 2019.08.07.
Hankook Workers Strike over Pay Workers at Korean tyre maker Hankook's plant in Dunaújváros, in central Hungary, started a strike over remuneration at 2:00 in... 2019.03.12.
Appetite For Wage-Hikes: Successful Audi Strike Incites Additional Walkouts Several companies in the car industry have announced strikes in recent weeks. Predictably, the success of the Audi strike encouraged... 2019.03.12.
Thousands to Join Public Service Workers’ Union Strike Several thousand public employees have told their union of their intention to join a national strike on March 14, Erzsébet... 2019.02.26.
Suzuki Fires Employee for Initiating the Organization of a Trade Union Suzuki has fired an employee for initiating the organization of a trade union within the company. Vice president of the... 2019.02.13.
LMP: Govt’s Strategic Partner Suzuki Breaks Law with Impunity The opposition LMP party has said it is "unacceptable" that a multinational company which has a strategic partnership with Hungary's... 2019.02.12.
Zoltán Pogátsa: If Companies Are Becoming More Transitional, Then Trade Unions Must Act Transnationally Labor shortages and the country's economic growth could end the era of weak trade unions. According to economist Zoltán Pogátsa,... 2019.02.11.
Successful Audi Strike Could Mean a New Era for Workers Central European economies have experienced a historically important event: after many decades of weak trade unions, Audi workers accomplished a... 2019.01.31.
Wage Talks Ongoing at Audi Hungaria during Strike Wage negotiations are ongoing between Audi Hungaria and the independent trade union AHFSZ despite a week-long strike that started at... 2019.01.25.
Trade Unions Demand Withdrawal of Overtime Amendments, Fair Wages and Changes to Strike Law Trade unions demand the withdrawal of labour code amendments, changes to the strike law, fair wages and a flexible pension... 2019.01.09.
